AFTER he was recently publicly rebuked for the unabated illegal drug trading in his barangay, city hall is finally set to throw the books at Barangay Binloc Chairman Pedro Gonzales but this time for quarrying illegally in Sitio Korea in Bonuan Binloc last July 10. Newly designated City Legal Officer George…
SHORTEST ROUTE TO PANTAL—At dusk, the Pantal River remains a busy ‘highway’ for bangkeros ferrying passengers from the Magsaysay Fish Market to the other side of Dagupan City, providing the shortest route from the city proper to the populous Barangay Pantal. (Punchphoto by Willie Lomibao) Back to Homepage
OVER UNLIQUIDATED P3 MILLION MEMBERS of the Asenso Cooperative, composed of Dagupan City Hall employees, could be facing corruption charges over the use of funds for a feeding program of the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) Mayor Belen Fernandez said the members of the cooperative, which was contracted…
LINGAYEN–The provincial government has renewed its partnership with the National Food Authority (NFA) to ensure that enough rice is readily available in case of a calamity. The Sangguniang Panlalawigan (SP) approved on July 8 Provincial Resolution No. 2-2013, which authorizes Governor Amado Espino Jr. to enter into a memorandum of…
HAVE toxic heavy metals seeped into Dagupan’s river system? This is what a Water Quality Monitoring Task Force formed by Mayor Belen Fernandez and headed by City Planning and Development Officer Romeo Rosario seeks to find out. Meeting at the city hall last July 10, members of the task force…
PANGASINAN BOUNDARIES ROW LINGAYEN–The 8th Sangguniang Panlalawigan vowed to settle the province’s boundary disputes with the provinces o Nueva Vizcaya and Benguet before the end of its term in 2013. Last July 8, during the SP’s first regular session, two draft provincial board resolutions were filed referring the matter to…
FUND FOR REHAB CENTER—Secretary Antonio Villar Jr., chairman of the Dangerous Drugs Board, turns over a P5-million donation of his office to Dagupan City Mayor Belen Fernandez as additional fund for the construction of the dormitory building for the Treatment and Rehabilitation Center being built in Barangay Bonuan, Dagupan City…
THE Dangerous Drugs Board (DDB) turned over another P5-million for the ongoing construction of the dormitory of the Treatment and Rehabilitation Center (TRC) in Barangay Bonuan Binloc in Dagupan. Secretary Antonio Villar Jr., DDB Chairman, gave the cheque to Dagupan Mayor Belen Fernandez during the agency’s board meeting last Thursday…
WINNING TEAM LINGAYEN—The Sangguniang Panlalawigan (SP) has confirmed the reappointment of three department heads for another three years of service. Appointed anew are Provincial Administrator Rafael Howard Baraan, Provincial Legal Officer Geraldine Baniqued, and Public Information Officer Orpheus Velasco, whose positions are co-terminus with that of Governor Amado Espino Jr.,…
FOURTH District Rep. Gina de Venecia is seeking a mechanism for the establishment of a one-stop-shop at the Region 1 Medical Center (R1MC) and all other hospitals in the country for the benefit of indigents. De Venecia made the call when she was the guest of honor and speaker during…
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